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5111 BARKEREND ROAD BD3
Paper Hall
SE 1633 SE 37/34 4.9.52
Grade II*
Built by William Rookes in 1643. Coursed sandstone rubbe U plan
substantial house. Two-storeys and attic, recessed centre with
3-storey gabled wings. The left wing has large mullioned and
transomed windows with West Riding gable window of 4 lower lights
and 2 upper. Moulded doorway with 4 centred arch in squared
head, ornamental spandrels, lintel inscribed 1643. The right hand
wing remodelled later in the C17 with 3 lofty single mullion and
transom windows. A continuous drip mould rises above the lower
windows to form triangular pediments. Gable windows as in other
wing. Other fronts have various mullioned windows. The interior
largely altered but there are arched stone fireplaces to the
centre block on ground and first floor and roof trusses to the
centre block and east wing. These have ties, yokes supporting
short king posts, a ridge and side purlins. (1)
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